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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversActed with relish by a note-perfect cast -- a romantic comedy of true sophistication. There's a sting in every laugh.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhile there are too many characters in too much story for the movie to really involve us, it's amusing as a series of sketches about how the French think they are a funny race (or the Americans, take your choice).
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakAn almost too-sophisticated comedy, pitting the New World mentality and brash pugnaciousness of America against the staid arrogance of custom that defines the French bourgeoisie.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigA tasty bonbon, initially appealing but not terribly satisfying.
- 50Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanIs this just silly filmmaking, or have Ivory and Jhabvala succumbed to the Francophobia that gave us "freedom fries" in the congressional cafeteria?
- 50The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensA thin and unsatisfying concoction that somehow manages to make one of the richest and most durable sources of culture-clash comedy into an occasion for dullness.
- 50Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganScattered and silly. If it evokes any strong feelings from you, it will probably be hunger -- the food all looks so good.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTeam M-I knows its way around James and ignores the lazy stereotype of Americans as gauche rubes bumbling around Paris like barbarians at the ballet in favor of sly digs at French and American mores alike.
- 40Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesThere are flashes of wit and flair here, including two stylish sequences detailing the French obsession with food and scarves, but they are but brief respites from the film’s near-pathological drear.
- 30Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufAt its best (which isn't much), Le Divorce blusters along with the tolerable tedium of had-to-be-there home movies; at its worst (which is about 90 percent), it illustrates why the French went and invented the word merde.